Mildred Stewart Barefoot

Coats, NC:  Mrs. Mildred Stewart Barefoot, age 85, died Monday at her residence. Funeral services will be 3:00PM Friday at Coats Baptist Church.   Officiating will be Revs. Rodney Baker and Jesse Mooney.  Burial will follow in Devotional Gardens in Dunn, NC. Mrs. Barefoot was born July 17, 1930 in Harnett County to the late James H. and Laura Stone Stewart.She was preceded in death by her brothers, Joseph, J.L., and Roy Stewart.Mrs. Barefoot started working with computers in the 1950's at Seward's Luggage in Petersburg, VA. She continued her work at Sperry Rand, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Durham Life Insurance Company in Raleigh and Durham. Mrs. Barefoot had two constants in her life Britt and Jesus and was a member of Coats Baptist Church. Surviving include her loving husband of sixty-seven years, Linwood Britt Barefoot; daughters and sons-in-law, Marsha Lynn and Timothy Winstead of Wilmington, and Susan and K. W. Ballentine of The Woodlands, TX; four grandchildren, Laura Winstead and husband, Jeremy Robison of Alexandria, VA, Timothy J. Winstead of Orlando, FL, Elizabeth Ballentine of The Woodlands, TX, Gabriel Ballentine of Farmington, NM; three beloved great grandchildren, Heidi Winstead, Luke Robison, new addition, Caroline Robison; and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank her devoted caregivers, Dacia Jones, Maudette Jones, Pandora Covington, Marshann Baker, and Liberty Hospice, who became family to her. The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats, Thursday from 6:00PM - 8:00PM and other times at the home. Flowers are welcomed; however, memorial donations may be made to Coats Baptist Church P. O. Box 297 Coats, NC 27521.